Department of History Records, ca. 1900-[ongoing]
8 boxes (3.3 linear ft.)
Collection number: RG 52
Terms of Access and Use:
The records are open for research according to the regulations of the Smith College Archives without any additional restrictions.
The minutes of the History Department are restricted for 75 years.
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the documents must be requested from the Smith College Archives. Smith College owns copyright to any published material relating to college events and activities. Provenance and copyright ownership of other materials is unknown and researchers are responsible for determining any question of copyright.
Various lecturers taught history courses from the beginning of Smith College in 1875 until 1894 when a Department of History was more formally established with Prof. Charles Downer Hazen as the resident head. Prof. Hazen remained in this position until 1914 when Prof. John Spencer Bassett became head of the department; Prof. Bassett was responsible for the establishment of the department's publication Smith College Studies in History, 1915-2003. By 1919-1920 the teaching staff included five full professors, two associate professors, two assistant professors and three instructors plus two readers.
The Department of History files contain correspondence, reading lists, lecture and student notes from classes, publications and other material documenting the history of the department.
The records are open for research according to the regulations of the Smith College Archives without any additional restrictions.
The minutes of the History Department are restricted for 75 years.
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the documents must be requested from the Smith College Archives. Smith College owns copyright to any published material relating to college events and activities. Provenance and copyright ownership of other materials is unknown and researchers are responsible for determining any question of copyright.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
Smith College Dept. of History Records, Box #, Smith College Archives.
The records were created by Department of History of Smith College and donated to the College Archives.
Processed by Melvin Carlson, Jr.
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Smith College Archives
Northampton, MA 01063
Phone: (413) 585-2970 Fax: (413) 585-2886 Email: nyoung@smith.edu URL: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/archives |
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Historical information
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Box 1: folder 1
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Introductory Course in History: Digest of Material Obtained by Questionnaire from Sixty American Colleges and Universities, by Sidney R. Packard
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1940
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Box 1: folder 1a
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History Club
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1896-1930s
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Box 1: folder 2
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Departmental rosters and committee lists
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1970s-1980s
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Box 1: folder 3
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Memorandum and announcements
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19 -19
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Box 1: folder 4
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Photographs
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Box 1: folder 5
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Honors requirements and documents
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Box 1: folder 6
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NEA Summer Institutes
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1967-1969
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Box 1: folder 7-9
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Departmental minutes
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1914-1921
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Box 2: folder 10
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Departmental minutes--RESTRICTED
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1922-1932
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Box 2: folder 11
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Departmental minutes--RESTRICTED
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1932-1938
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Box 2: folder 12
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Departmental minutes--RESTRICTED
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1938-1945
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Box 2: folder 13
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Reading lists for History 11
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1919-1966
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Box 3
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Course lists - General
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Box 4: folder 14
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Course lists - History 12
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Box 4: folder 15
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Course lists - History 13
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Box 4: folder 16
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Course lists - History 22-29
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Box 4: folder 17
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Course lists - History 30-31
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1939-1958
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Box 4: folder 18
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Course lists - History 32-36
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1930s-1958
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Box 4: folder 19
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Course lists - History 37-49
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1930s-1950s
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Box 4: folder 20
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Course lists - History 100-102
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1960s-1970s
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Box 4: folder 21
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Course lists - History 103
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1960s
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Box 4: folder 22
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Course lists - History 114-425
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1924-1958
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Box 4: folder 23
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Course lists - History 294-295
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1964-1965
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Box 4: folder 24
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Course lists - History 383
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2000
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Box 4: folder 25
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Courses History 100-273 - Mid-term and final examination questions
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1975-1978
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Box 4: folder 26
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Lecture notes for English history
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Early 1900s
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Box 5
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Student notes for History 4a - unidentified student
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1909-1910
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Box 6
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Mendenhall Prize in History
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1974-1991
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Box 7
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Records re Symposium "Faces of Tradition" in honor of Klemens von Klemperer, held April 2-4, 1987
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1986-1987
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Box 8
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Smith College studies in history
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1915-2003
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Box 8
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